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. iiimi ipt wwiriWuTwy 111 iiiM.jn-tmi ,i,. rt?f'iiH"rt -t.vec fc,s.--- ty W (" W J "g'fp"W -gtT T -. -fy -.-4n-fc, y -Js I MHSftsffipE' ' .yy . p v'! & i tRV V -r f i. '.y : r & M, Mi fJ ar. r fr & FA p & ?. PTOS' i' 51 'iv fc life' .1 VA rj KLAjfajt' w "1. B? "m . ,, . ' , f S v(V.? USES OF STRATAGEM. ORv TALMAQE ADDRESSES MIS COM RADES OF THE THIRTEENTH. Victorious Iletrcat Tlia Trluniili of tlio Wicked It Short Thcatrr ami Drink I nit Hnloon to lie Turned Into Asylums, Art Galleries unit Ctiurclic. rKEKflKJLL, N. V.t July S3. Chnplaln T. Do Witt Tnltnago preached todny to tlio Thirteenth regiment of tlio Now York state nntlonnl guards, now oncmnKHl hero. Tlio regiment iitsciuhlcd nt 3 p. III., when eoplo from tlio neighboring country, towns mid cities worn pnwent in immenso numbors. A military hand conducted t'.io umsicnl part of tlio servlco. L'hnplniu Tnlmngo's sermon, which was on "Uses of Stratagem," was based on Josh, vlll, 7t "Then yo shall rise up from tbo nmbush, and sclzo upon tho city." Ho said: Men of tlio Thirteenth regiment, and their friends hero gathered, of nil occupations nud professions, mou of tho city and men of tho Holds, hero is a theuio fit for all of us. Ono Buhbnth oveulng, with my family around me, wowcro talking over tho scono of tho text In tho wldo ojwn oyw and tho quick iutenvgationsand tho blanched cheeks, I realized whnt n thrilling drnma it was. There is tho old city, shorter by utiitio than nuy other city In tho ngos, spoiled with two letters A, I Al. Joshua nud his men want to tnko It. How to do this is tlio question. On ' a former occasion, In n straightforward, faco to faco fight, thoy had been ilefeated but now thoy aro going to tnko it by ambuscade, Gonenil Joshua has two divisions in his nrmy tho ono division tho battlo worn commander will lend himself, tho other division ho sends off to oncatnp in an ambush on tho west side, of tho city of Al. No torches, no lanterns, no sound of heavy battalions, but 30,000 swarthy warriors moving In silence, shaking only in n whisper; no click ing of swords against shields, lest tho watchmen of Ai discover it nud tho stratagem bo a failure. If n roysterlug soldier in tlio Israolltish nrmy forgets him self, all nlong tho lino tho word Is "Hush!" Joshua takes tho other division, tho ono with which ho is to march, nud puts It on tha north side of tho city of Al, nud then spends tho night in rocouuoltcriug In tho valley. There ho is, thinking over tho fortunes of tho coming day with something of tho fooling of Wellington tho ulght ticforo Waterloo, or of Meado and Leo tho night boforo Gettysburg. Thcro ho stands in tho night nud says to him self: "Yonder is tho division In nmbush ou tho wcstsldoof Al. Hero is tho division I bavo under my especial command on tho north sldo of Ai. Tlioro Is tho old city slum bering In Hh sin. To-morrow wil ho tho L-L, L'juUt t'" niorul"3 nlr-i Iv bcgliia to tip tho hills. Tho military otUcers ul ai look out in tho morning vory early, and whllo thoy do not seo the division in nmbush thoy behold tho other division of Joshua, and tho cry, "Tonrmsl Tonrmsl" rings through alt tho streets of tho old town, and ovcry sword, whether backed nud bent or uowly welded, is brought out, and nil tho Inhabitants of tho city of Al pour through tho gates, an Infuri ated torrent, and their cry Is: "Como, wo'H mako quick work with Joshua nnd Ills troops." No sootier bad theso peoplo of Al corno out ngnlnst tho troops of Joshua than Joshua gavo such a command is ho seldom gave, "Fall back!n Why, tho; could not bo llovo their owii cars. Is Joshua's courago failing Id m I Tho retreat is beaten and tho Israelites nro flying, throwing blankets nnd canteens on every sido under this worso than Hull Hun defeat. And you ought to hear tho soldiers of Ai cheer, and cheer, and cheer. Hut thoy hurzah too soon. Tho men, lying in ambush, are straining their vision to get somo signal from Joshua that they may know what timo to drop upon tho city. Joshua taken his burnished spear, glistening in tho sun llko a shaft of doom, and points it toward tho city; and when tbo men up yonder in tho ambush seo it, with hawk llko swoop thoy drop upon Ai, and without stroko of sword or stab of spear tnko tho city and put it to tho torch. So much for tho di vision that wis In nmbush. How nbout the division under Joshua's command I No sooner does Joshua stop in tho (light than all hU men stop with him, and as ho wheels U107 wheel, for in a voice of thunder ho cried "Haiti" Ono strong arm driving back a tor rent of flying troops. And then, as bo points bis spear through tho golden light toward that fated city, his troops know that thoy nro to start for it. Wliat a scene it was when tho division in ambush which had taken the city marched down against tho men of Ai on tho ono side, and the troops under Joshua doubled up their cno mies from tho other side, and tho men of At wero caught between thww two hurricanes of Israelltlsh courage, thrust beforo and behind, stabbed in breast and back, ground between tbo upper nnd tho nether millstones of God's indignation. Woe to the city of Ail Cheer for tbo triumph of Israeli Lesson tl3 lint: Tboro is such a thing as victorious retreat. Joshua's falling back was tho first chapter in bis successful besicgo lucnt. And thcro nro times in your lifo when tho host thing you can do is to run. You wero onco tho victim of strong drink. Tho demijohn and tho decanter wero your fierce foes. They camo down upon you with greater fury then tho inon of Al upon tho men of Joshua. Your only safety is to get away from them. Your dissipating com panions will como around you for your overthrow. Run for your lifol Fall back I Fall back from tho drinking saloon. Fall back, from tho wino party. Your flight fa your ndvnnco. Your retreat is your victory. Tbero is a saloon down on tho next street that has almost been the ruin of your soul. Then why do you go along that street) Why do you not puss through somo other street rather than bythoplaco of your calamity F A spoonful of braudy taken for medicinal purposes by a man who twenty years before Lad been reformed from drunkenness, hurled into inebriety and tho gravo ono of tho best friends I ever bad. Your retreat is your victory. Hero Is a convertod infidel. Ho.U eo strong uow in bis faith iu tho Gospel ho says ho can read anything. What aro you reading! Holingbrokel Androw Jackson Davis' tracts! TyudaU's Glasgow Univer sity address) Drop them and run. You will bo nu infidel beforo you dlo unless you quit that Theso men of Ai will bo too much for you. Turn your back on tho rank and file ofudbellef. Fly beforo thoy cut you with their 8 words and transfix you with their javelins. There aro people who have been well nigh ruined because thoy rhked a foolhardy ex pedltlou iu tho prwenco of mighty and over whelming temptations, and tho men of Al made a morning moul of them. So ulso there is such a thing us victorious retreat in the re ligious world. Thousands of times the king dom of Christ bos teemed to fall bock. Wbeu the blood of tho Scotch covcuauters gave a deeper d)ota tho heather 0 the highlands; when the Vuudols of Franco chose extermina tion rather thau mako cu unchristian sur render; when ou St Bartholomew's day mounted ussatdius rode through tho street of l'arb crying: "Kill I Ulood letting is good luAugUktl 1TJUI Death Ui the UugueuoUl Ilil.r when Lady Jaue.Grey's hul rolled .u tho executioner's block, when Catvlti Imprlooued In tho castle, when John wx died for tho truth; when John Dunyou v rotting In Ilodford Jail, saytngt "If God t help me, nnd my physical llfo continue, 111 t-tny hero until tho moss grows on my ebrows rnthcr than giro up my faith," tbo of retreat for tho cburoh wero days of ictory. Tho l'llgrlm Fathers fell back from tho ,iier sldo of tho sea to Plymouth Hock, but WW nro iiinrshaliug a continent for tho v'hrlotlanizatlou of tlio world. Tho Church 3f Christ, falling buck from i'ledmont, fall ing kick from Huo HU Jacques, falling twick from St. Donls, falling back from Wurtem llurg castles, falling back from tho Hrucscls market place, yot nil tho tlmo triumphing. Notwithstanding nil tlio shocking rovcrscs which tho church of Christ suffers, what do wo seo today I Throo thousand missionaries of tho crow 011 lienthon ground; sixty thou sand ministers of Jesus ChrNt in this land; nt least two hundred millions of Christians on earth. All nations today kindling In n blnzo of revival Falling back, yet ad vancing until the old Wcsloyan hymn will provo truo: Tlio I.lon of Juriali shall break tho chain, And giro us tlio victory again sail again! But thcro is a moro marked illustration of victorious retrent In tho life of our Joshua, tho Josus of tho nges. First falling back ' from nn npnlllng height to an appalling depth, falling from celestial hills to terres trial valloys, from throne to manger; yet that did not scorn to suOIco him its n retreat. Falling back still further from Uethluhcm to j Natarcth, from Namreth to Jerusalem, back from Jerusalem to Golgotha, Ixick from Gol gothn to tho mausoleum In tho rock, back down over tho prechilccs of perdition until ho walked amid tho caverns of tho eternal ' cnptivM and drank of tho wino of tho wrath of Almighty God amid tho Ahabs and the Jezebels and tho ilelslinr.znrx. O men of tho pulpit nud mou of tho ow, Christ's descent from heaven to earth doits not measure half the distance. It was from glory to ixrdltlon. Ho descended into hell. All tbo records of earthly retreat arons nothing couimrod with this falling. Santa Anna, with tlio frag ments of his nrmy (lying over tho plateaux of Mexico, nnd Nnxleon nnd his nrmy re trcutlug from Moscow In tho nwful snows or llussla nro not worthy to ' vnucei Tlicro must be somo signal 11 signal bo mentioned with this rotivnt, when to stop tho ono division and to start tho nil tho (lowers of darkness scorn to lie pur- other. Joshua, with n spear on which were suing Christ ns ho fell back, until tho Ixxly ordinarily hung tho colors of battle, jiolnts of him who came to do such wonderful j toward tho city, Ho stands in such a con things lay pulseless and stripped. Mcthluks ' spicuoiis ositlou, nnd there is so much of the that tho city of Ai was not so emptied of its inhabitants when thoy went to pnrmio Joshua us pcnlltiou was emptied of devils when thoy htartcd for tho pursuit of Christ, nnd ho fell back and back, down lower, down lower, chnsm below chasm, pit below pit, until ho seemed to striko the liottoin of objurgation and scorn nnd tnrttitv. Olil the long, loud, Jubilant shout of hell nt tho defeat of the Uniajd Almighty! Hut lot not tho powers of darknets rejoice quite so soon. Do you henr that disturbanco in tho tomb of Arimathcnf I hear tlio sheet rending! What means that stone hurled down tho sldo of tho liilll Who is this com ing outf Push him back I tho dead must not stalk in this open sunlight. Oh, it is our Joshua. Lot him como out. Ho comes forth and starts for tho city. Ho takes tho spear of tho llomaii guanl nnd ;oliits that way. Church militant marches np on ono sido nnd tho churcli triumphant marches down ou tho other side. And tho powers of darkness being canght between thes) ranks of celestial nnd terrestrial valor, noth ing Is left of thorn snvo just enough to Illus trate tho direful overthrow of hell nud our Joshua's eternal victory. Ou his head bo all tbo crowns. In his hand bo all the scepters. At his foot bo all tho human hearts; and hero, Ixird, is ono of them. Lesson tho second: Tho triumph of tho wicked is short Did you ever seo an array In a ;anlcf There is nothing so uncontrol lable. If you had stood at Long Bridge, Washington, during tlio opening of our snd civil war, you would know what it Is to seo an nrmy run. And when thoso men of Al looked out nud saw those men of Joshua In a stampede, thoy expected cimy work. Thtvy would scatter them as tho equinox tho leaves. O, tho gleeful and Jubilant do scout of tho men of Ai upon tho men of Joshua I Hut their exhilaration was brief, for tho tldo of battlo turned, and theso quondam conquorers left their miserable carcu&es in tho wilderness of Ucthnvcn. So it always U. Tho triumph of tbo wickod is short You mako $20,000 at tho gamingtable. Do you expect to keep ttf You will dlo In tho poorliouso. You mado a fortune by Iniquitous traffic Doyoucxpcctto keep itl Your inonoy Will scatter, or it will stay long enough to curse your childnm nfter you nro dead. Call over tho roll of bnd mou who prospered and seo how short was their pros perity. For a while llko tho men of Ai thoy went from conquest to conquest, but after a while disaster rolled back upon thom nnd thoy were divided into three parts: mlsfortuno took their property, tho gravo took their body, and tho lost world took thoir soul. I am always Inter ested in tho building of theatres and tbo building of dissipating saloons. I llko to hnvo them built of tho .best graulto and have tho rooms mado large, and to bavo tho pillars mado very firm. Ood Is going to conquer them, and thoy will bo turned into asylums, and art gallerlos, und churches. Tho stores in which fraudulent men do business, tho splendid banking institutions, where the president and cashier put all their property in tholr wives' bunds nnd then fall for $200, 000 all theso institutions nro to bocomo tho places where honest Christian men do busi ness. How long will it take your boys to get through your 111 gotten gains! Tho wicked do not live out half tholr days. For a whllo they swagger nnd strut nnd mako a great splash in tho nowspnpers, but after n whllo it all dwindles down into a brief paragraph: "Died suddeuly, July 23, 1883, nt S3 years of ace. Relatives and frionds of tho family aro ' Invited to attend tbo funeral, on Wednesday, at S o'clock, from bis late rosidenco on Madl son square. Interment at Greenwood." Somo of them jumped off tho docks. Somo of them took prussto acid. Somo of them fell under tho snap of a Derringer pistol. Somo of them sixmt their last days In a lunatic asy lum. Whero aro William Tweed and his associates! Whoro aro Kotcham and Swart wout, absconding swindlers? Where U James Flsk, tho llbcrtlnol Whoro is John Wilkes Booth, tho assasslu, and all tho other mlsdcmeauautsl The wicked do not live out half their days. Dlsemboguo, O world of darkuessl Como up, Hildebrand and Henry II aud Hobesplerro, and with blistering and blaspheming and nshonllp hits out: "Tho triumph of tho wicked is short I" Alas for tho men of Ai wheu Joshua stretches out his spear toward the city. Lesion the third t How much may bo ac complished by lying In ambush for oppor tunities. Are you hypercritical of Joshua's maneuver I Do you say that it was cheat ing for bim to tako that city by ambuscade! Was it wrong for Washington to kindle camp fires on New Jersey Heights, giving tbo impression to tho opposing force that a great army was encampjd thcro when there was nouent all! I answer, U tbo war was right, then Jochua was right tit his stratagem, llo violated no flas of truce. He broke no treaty, but by a lawful ambuscade captured tho city of At Oh, that wo Ml knw how to llo In nmbush for opportunities to surro Go J. Tho best of our opportunities do not llo on tin surface, but nro secreted; by tact, by strata gem by Christian nmbusendo, you mny tnko nlmost any cntlo of sin for Christ, Como up toward men with a regular beslegement of argument, nud you will Ih defeated; but just wnlt until tho door of their hearts Is set njnr, or thoy nro oh their guard, or their seven caution Is nw.iy from home, nnd thru drop In on them from n Christian nmbusenile. There has been ninny n man up to his chin in scleu tlflo portfolios which proved there was no Christ nnd no dlvlno revelation, his eu 11 wlmelnr flung Into tho heart of theological opKnent, who, nevertheless, hns been dis comfited and captured for God by lome llttlo threo-ycnr-old child, who has got up and put her snowy arms around his slnowy nock jind asked xoiuo simple question nbout God nud I heaven. Oh, inakon (lank movement) steal n march on tho devil; client that man Into heaven. I A flvo dollar treat Io that will stand nil tho I laws of homllctlcs may fnll to do that which 11 onuy tract of Christian entreaty may r.c 1 compllsh. Oh, for moro Christians in am . buscade, not lying in idlcnofw, but waiting I for a quick spring, waiting until Just the . right timo coineii. Do not talk to n man about tho vanity of this world on tho day wliou bo has bought something nt "twelvo" and Is going to sell It at "fifteen." Hut talk to him aliout tho vanity of tho world 011 tho day when ho has liought some thing at "fifteen" nnd Is couiHlled to sell nt "twelve," Do not rub a man's disposition I 1110 wrung wny, wo not wiko inu imieraiivo , mood when tho suhjuuctlvo mood will do just as well. Do not talk In orfcrvid stylo to a phlegmatic, nor try to tlcklo n torrid temperament with mi icicle. You can tnko nny man for Christ If you know how to get nt him. Do not scud word to him that to morrow nt 10 o'clock you prooo to open your batteries upon him, but como 011 him by n skillful, jiei-Miverlng, God directed nm busendo. Iesson tho fourth t The Importance of tak ing good aim. Tlioro Is Joxhun, but how nro tluM) Hoplo in nmbush up yonder to know when they nro to drop tix)ii the city, and how nro the.-m men around Jo-dum to know when they tiro to stop tholr flight nud mi morning light dripping from that siienr tip, that all around tho horizon thoy seo It It was ns much ns to snyi "There Is tho city. Tnko It Tnko It now. Holt down front tho west Surge up from tho north. It is ours, tho city of Al." God knows nud wo know that n great deal of Christian attack amounts to nothing simply U'-miM' wo do njt take good aim. Nobody knows nnd wo do not know our selves which toint wo want to take, when we ought to mako up our minds w hat God will hnxo us to do, nnd jKiint our sjiear in thut direction and then hurl our body, mind, soul, time, eternity nt that 0110 target In our pulpits nnd powsnud Sitndny bcIiooIs nnd prayer meetings wo want to get u reputation for saying pretty things, nnd so we point our spear townrd tbo flowers; or wo want a reputation for saying suhllmo things, nnd we Klut our siear townrd tho stars; or wo want to got n reputation for historical knowledge, nud we point our sjiear towant tho post; or wo wont to get n reputation for great liberality, so wo swing our spear nil around; nud It strikes nil xlnts of tho horizon, nud you enn make out of it what ever you pleaso; whllo tbero Is tho old world, proud, rebellious and nrmed against all righteousness; aud Instead of running nny further awny from Its pursuit, wo ought to turn around, plant our foot Iu the strength of tho eternal God, nnd lift tlio old cross und point It in tho direction of tho world's con quest till tlio redeemed of earth, march ing up from ono sido nnd tho glorified of heaven marching down from the other side, tho last battlement of sin Is couqielleil to swing out tho streamers of I'manuel. Oh, church of God, tnko aim nnd conquer. I hnvo heard It said: "Look out for n man who has only ono Idea; ho Is 1 1 resistible." I say: Look nut for tlio man who has one idea, and that n determination for soul saving. I bollovo God would strike me dead if I dared to point tho spear iu nuy other direction. Oh, for some of the courago nud enthusiasm of Joshua) Ho flung two nrmles from tho tip of that eponr. It is sinful for us to rest, unless it Is to get stronger j muscle, nud fresher brain aud purer 1 heart for God's work. I feci on my ' bead tho hands of Christ in n now ordliia- j tioti. Do you not feel tho samo omufiotent ' pressure! There is n work for nil of us. Oh, I that wo might stand up sldo by sido nnd point tho spear toward tho city I It ought to i bo taken. It will be taken. Our cities nro drifting off townrd looso religion or wbut is called "liberal Christianity," which is so I liberal that it gives up all tho cardinal doc- I trlues of tho Bible, so liberal that It sur- I renders tho recti tudo of tho throno of tho j Almighty. That is liberality with a von- , gcuncc. Lot us decido upon tho work which , we, as Christian men, hnvo to do, and, iu tho ftrength of God, go to work nnd do it It is comparatively easy to keep on a parado nmld n shower of bouquets nnd hand clapping, and tho wholo street full of enthusiastic- huzzas; but it is not so easy to stand up in tho day of battlo, tho face black ened with tnioko, tho uniform covered with tho earth plowed up by whizzing bullets and bursting shells, half tho regiment cut to pieces nnd yet tho commander crying, "For ward, march 1" Then It requires old fashion ed valor. My friends, tho great trouble of tho kingdom of God In this duy is the cow ards. Thoy do splendidly on a irado day, and at tho communion, when thoy baro on their best clothes of Christian profession; but put them out in tho great battlo of life, at tho first shar Bhooting of skepticism they dodge, they fall back, thoy break ranks. Wo con front the enemy, wo open tho battle against fraud, and lol wo find on our sido a great many peoplo that do not try to pay tholr debts. Aud wo ojicn tho battlo against In temperance, and wo find on our own sldo a great many peoplo who drink too much. Aud wo open tbo battlo against profanity, aud wo flud on our own side a great many roon who mako hard speeches. And wo o;cu the battlo against infidelity, aud lol wo find on our own side a great many men who are not quite sure about tho Hook of Jonah. Aud whllo wo ought to be inawlug our troops aud bringing forth more thin tho united courage of Austerlltz aud Waterloo aud Gettysburg, wo have to bo spending our time In bunting up ambuscades. There are a great many in tho Lord's array who would like to go out ou a campaign with satin slippers and holding umbrellas over their heads to keep off the heavy dew, aud having rations of canvas back ducks and lemon custards. If they can not have them thoy want to go homo. They think it is unhealthy among so many bulletsl I believe that tho next twelve month will bo tho most stupendous year that heaven over caw. The iirttli-ns are quakiug uow with the coming of God. It will boa year of succefce for tho teen of Joshua, but of doom for the men of AL You put your ear to the rail track and you can bear the train coming miles away, So 1 put my ear to tbo ground and 1 bear the thundering ou of the light? ning train of God's mercies nnd Judgments. Tho mercy of God Is first to lie tried ujwn this nation. It will be preached In tho pub tilts, In theatres, on tho streets, everywhere IVoplo will I hi Invited to accept tho mercy of tho Gospel, nnd tho story nud tho song nnd tho prnyer will lo "mercy." Hut su; poso they do not accept tho onYr of moroy wlmttheiif Then God will como with his judgments, nnd tho griis.sli(ip;ier will eat the crojM, nnd tlio freshets will dovnstnto the valleys, nnd tho defalcations will swallow the money markets, nud tho fin's will burn the cities, nud the earth will (pinko from M)1o to polo. Yenrof mercies nnd of Judgments, Year of Invitation mill of warning, Year of Jubilee, and of woe. Which side nro you going to bo oni With the men of Al or the men of Joshunt Puss over thu Bnbbatli Into tho ranks of Is rael. I would clap my hands nt the joy of your coming. You will have n ;oor chance for this world nnd tho world tocomo without Jesus. You cannot stand whnt Is to come upon you nnd UKu tho world unless you hnvo the uiidon nnd tho comfort nud the help of Christ. Voino over. Ou this sldo is your hnppluess nnd safety, on tho other sldo Is disquietude nud despair. Kternnl defeat to tho men of All ICternal victory to the men of Joshua I BITS OF GOOD READING. Tramps wero never so numerous in Cali fornia ns now, Tho latest Maxim gun fires three-pound shots nt tho rate of sixty to tho minute, A Jublleo statue of tho queen, to l erected In Hrlstol, weighs four tons. It Is by Mr, ilochm. Tho 'ntcst nrrniigenieiit In Fnrls for n wedding nt hom is a Hornl umbrella, under which the happy pair stand. Four figs taken from 11 tno In Cherokee, Oil,, weighed one jiouiid seven ounces, one of them weighing eight ounces. Acconllng to The Critic, riding by moon light atop of n henllclsthe hot weather di version most In favor with Washington swelldom, , Tho coins struck nt tho Deri 1 11 mint during the n'lgn of tho late Knicrnr Fnslerlck nre already scarce nud nt 11 big premium. A Cincinnati Oruirglst has killed a patle-it by making a niUtnke In putting up a pro scription, thu first mistake iu eight years and iu 200,000 prescriptions. Tho National Telephone compnny,-of Scot land, has several submarine cahh-s of seven, eight and nine miles Iu length which give perfect satisfaction. The prize of to.000 fnincs offered by the city of Paris for tho best musical composi tion was kept back for the reason that uono of tho comiiOHitions was considered worthy of it Chattanooga, Tenn,, Is prosieotlng quietly for oil nnd natural gas, anil if either Is dis covered hugs herself iu tho conviction of becoming n uow and greater Pittsburg, A Imloof Rgyptlan cotton weighing 088 Itoiinds and one of Kast Indian growth weigh ing -100 Miuiids have attracted attention at tho doorway of the Now York Cotton Ex change. A brlgado was divided Into two battalion fornshiini light nt Ahlurshot Just In.-foro operations wero to liegln it was discovered that ono of the battailous had been supplied with ball ammunition Instead of blank. A Frovldenco, II. I., foundry is engaged In casting the largest mining pump In tlio world for tho Calumet nnd Hecln, of Michigan. A single section of it hns Urn completed nnd weighs twenty tons. The iinwnteriiig of thfc mine will lu done sooner than was execteL A workman named Garln, convicted of stealing live Tcbcl cnrtrlilgcs, hns Ikiii sen tenced to five years' Imurlsoiimcnt nud five yenrs' surveillance. j much heavier sen tence would have tx-on imposed if tlicro hnd been evidence that he meant to sell them to 11 foreign power. I'rizos nre offered by tho American Mete orological Journal, Ann ArlKir, Mich., for tho liest original c-ssajs on tornadoes, or tho lKst description of n tornado. Tlio first prize is 200; the second $50. Among tlio writers whoso works deserve special mention (50 more will bo divided. Tho bad luck of tho English navy never stops. The Uoubow, the mot jtowcrful ship yeX built, has just been commissioned. Tlio coal bunkers wero clo-wl during n thunder storm to prevent tbo ignition of nny foul gas. After It was over two stokers went to tho bunkers with lights. Tho gas which hnd been accumulating exploded, nud both were seriously injured, one of them fatally. Tho NovostI publishes n startling account of systematical piraoy along tho llusslan coast This is confirmed by tho exerieuco of n Finland steamer, which ran aground this spring nt Dngo. Tho Inhabitants nlong tho coast tried all thoy could to mako use of th opiwrtuulty for robbing tho vessel The NovostI says that proper linrbors hnvo lieen built, with false lighthouses, to lent vessels aground. It is only quite lately that a light house was discovered only n few miles from Hovel. If tho alligator hunters keep up tho vig orous warfaro thoy bavo lately Inaugurated in tho vicinity of I'anasofrkee, Fix, against tho reptiles tho streams thereabout will bo bcref t of them. Wheu tho business first com menced somo timo ago, they wero only two or three nt it. but now their name is legion, und thoy find it no longer profitable to hunt on tho lako nnd outlet and nre going gradu ally farther down tho river. Tho business is paying, as two men gut on nn average fifteen to twenty 'gators u night, and the hides bring from fifty cents to 11.25 each, according to lcugtlu Kgjpt's Anclrnt rarpliyry 'Jimrrles. The ancient porphyry quarries of Egypt, worked by tbo Egyptians and tho Homaus, are to bo ic-exploml by nn Englishman, Mr. Urlndley, who has ncqulrol a concession from tho khedlve. These quarries nro situ ated twyond tho watershed of tho Nile valley, about ninety-five miles from tho river, ami nro reached by caravan Journey from Kcneh iu traveling along tho flank of tho Gobcl Dukhuuu The great porphyry quarry is 3,'0 feet abovo tho level of the sea, and tbero are remains of nn ancient town with workshops near It Sotted and gray and brecciated wrphyries are obtained from this part Mr. Urlndley intends to trausiort the porphyry to the Ked tea, a distance of twenty-five miles, instead of to tho Nilo, as hi ancient times. 'It may be mentioned that these quarries, long forgotten, were redis covered by Uurton and Wilkinson iu 162U. Woman. A Protection to lluttlers. The New York legislature nt its last session to amended tbo law ns to containers as to protect the owners of bottles, boscj, siphons und kegs by prohibiting their use or sale by other parties. Hereafter nil tralllo in con tainers is met with a heavy eualty, and junk dealers especially aro prohibited from bundling a uy of tho articles baWugs marks or dovlcvs branded, staniptd, engraved, blown or otherwise produced. Tbo owners ' are required for their own safety to tlio dctcrlptiou of their trade murks and con tainers in tho ofilco of tho county clerk nnd with tho secretory of state, Scientific Amur icon. LEAP BALL-PROGRAMS, AND INVITATIONS t With Illumination designs appropriate for the occasion, Printed in finest style of the art at COURIER : OFFICE. ALSO- LEAP YEAR RECEPTION CARDS, GRAND BANKRUPT SALE ! THE BEE HIVE STOCK Is now on sale lor what it will bring. It comprises one of the FINEST LINES OF DRY GOODS ever brought to the city, and must be closed out at once. 5 OOO PAIRS of SI-IOES For Ladies, CJents and Misses. Call in and see for yourself. The goods must be sold, so come and get them. BB.E. HIVE. 95 '"! 9'7 si. The Season Has opened and we have just Goods and a -AT Grey Horse Harness Emporium, 1020 O Street. Garfield O Seventeenth street ear line of Lincoln Street Railway, lots front:ng on GARFIELD PARK. ow on sale. Inquire Wessel & Dobfoirjs, New BurriBlock. Wedding Invitations, Engraved Calling Cards, Box Station ery, Fine Printing of all Kinds. Give Us 81 YEAR X for Driving received a fine line of Turf great variety of Whips, Saddles, FANCY DUSTERS LAP ROBES AND Ladies : Fine : Saddles. THE- Addition at Room 34 Richards Block. Cor. 12th and. O Sts. Trieil Order.